Experts at the St. Louis Zoo were astonished after a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs — seemingly without male help. In fact, zoo keepers said the snake hasn’t been near a male python in more ...

Snakes can live for quite a while, especially in captivity. For ball pythons (Python regius), which are also sometimes called Royal pythons, the average lifespan is about 30 years in captivity. So, ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...